Moe Tucker

Maureen Ann "Moe" Tucker (26 August 1944-) was an American musician who was the drummer for The Velvet Underground during the 1960s. She was born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City in 1944, and she grew up in Levittown, New York. She dropped out of Ithaca College to work as an IBM keypunch operator, and, in 1965, she joined Velvet Underground as its drummer. She was frequently noted for her androgynous appearance, using the male nickname "Moe". In 1971, she quit the band to raise a family, and she worked at a Wal-Mart distribution center before releasing solo albums and taking part in a Velvet Underground reunion in the 1990s. In 2009, she attended a Tea Party rally in Tifton, Georgia, where she claimed that Barack Obama was trying to destroy the country form within, and that the country was moving towards socialism. She came to believe that all politicians were "liars, bums, and cheats", and regretted her frequent Democratic votes years earlier.